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. in other words, part of our municipal law woula be * glxttt volume; opinion Attorney Generals, 604; W: THE GREAT TOBACCO CASE. | ee The United States Supreme Court to Decide It. An Oasis in a Desort of Taxation—Are All Peo- ye Within tho Exterior Boundaries of the ‘United States Subject to Taxation !-The Question is Ponding in the Supreme Court—Oase Decidedin the United States Court for the Western District of Ar- kansas—Interesting Arguments and Citations~The Laws of Congress Vs, So-Called Indian Treaties, WasuINGTON, March 15, 1871, There is a case now pending in the Supreme | Court of the United States, aud which will be de- | cided in a few days, that is of vital importance not @nly to tobacco growers, manufacturers and con- | sumers, but to the taxpayers of the couatry gene- raily. I will endeavor to give not only the facts of the case as it appears on the court records, but a gen- @ral idea of the extent of interests to be effected and the principles involved by the decision, = * THE INDIAN TERRLTORY 4s, a8 most persons are aware, a large tract of about 63,600 square miles or 40,640,000 acres in extent, ‘bounded north by Kansas, south and west by Texas and cast by Arkansas, and containing, it is estl- | mated, about 20,000 inhabitants—whites, negroes, | Andians and mixed races, ‘Tals Territory is clearly a part and parcel of the United States, butit woula require a Philadelphia | lawyer to fix the status of its inhabitants. For certam purposes, getting claims through Congress, &c., they are regular citizens of the United States; for other purposes, gettiag appropriations for an- muities, &c., they are wards of the United States; and finally, when claiming exemption from the | duties and burdens of citizeusnip or wards, they | stoutly maintain they are citizens of foreiga nations and not in any way under the control of the United States except so far as. “PREATY STIPULATIONS’? may require. In other words, they are or are not cituzens, wards or foreigners, as their iaterest for the time belug moves them. In the case now before the Supreme Court they |. appear as citizens of foreign nations, claiming ex- emption from the requirements of we internal revenue, TAX ON TOBACCO, ‘The tenth article of the Cherokee “Treaty” of 1866 Provides that any Cherokee or freed person resident im the Cherokee Nation shall have the right to sell the.products of his farm, live stock, merchandise Or manufactured products without restraint, on pay- ment of tax. On the ovher hand the jaw of Con- gress of July 20, 1868, 1s as follows:— And be it further enacted, That the juternal revenue laws fmposing taxes on distilled spirits, fermented liquors, to- » snuff and cigars shall be heid and construed to ex- tend to such articles produced wnyichere within the exterior bowidarie: of the Unites Stuer, whether the same shall be within a collection cistrict or not, Relying upon the “treaty’’ ef 1866 several capi- talists established tobacco manulactories a few rods Weat of the western boundary of arkansas and come Menced the manufacture of tobacco without the payment of internal revenue tax, While the tovacco manulacturers of New York and other Kastern States were paying millions upon millions of doliars taxes jute the nauional Treasury these border gents arranged to go tax free, Tis arrangement did uot, Dowever, meet the ap- probation of Mr. Supervisor Jean McDouald, and be accordingly seize) ve offenaing establishments. One case was pro. ptly carried on appeal to Com- missioner of Internal Revenue Delauo, and finally to Secretary Boutw ana in both cases the de- Gision of the Supervisor was afiirmed and his action | @pproved. It was then carried to the Judiciary Com- mittee of the House of Representatives with no bet- ‘ter result. The case now before the Supreme Court was tried by the Untied States District Court of Wes ern Ar- Kansas, and, the Supervisor being sustained, an ap- peal was tuken by the would-be manufacturers to ‘the highest tribunal of the land, where the decision 1 be rendered in the course of ten days or #0. INTERESTING ARGUMENTS AND CITATIONS, The following are the arguments and citations of William J. Whippie, United S:ates Atiorney for the | Western district of Arkansas, ‘They will be found wo contain ail the law aud facts of the case:— THE QUESTION. ‘The general question is whether the government has extended the revenue laws relating to the man- mfacture and sale of tobacco aud spirils to the Anvian Territory. . THE ©. ASE. ‘The claimants ju these cases manufactured leaf into smoking and chewing tobacco, in the Choctaw and Cherokee nations of the Iudian Territory, with- | eut paying the special tax, giving bond, paying taxes or in any way come with the internal revenue law. In some of the cases it 18 claimed that the manufacturers were white men, in some Instances residing in that Lerritory. In all the cases at 13 claimed leat tobacco grown in the States was Antroduced and manufactured In the Nation. FIRST PROPOSITION. It ig main‘ained that Congress and the President have the power to apply the revenue system to tie mation. ‘Ihe general power of the United States vo govern the organized and unorganized Territories Cannot be denied. The power to govern necessarily results from the right to acquire lerritory.—Aweri- can Insurance Company ys. Carter, 1 Peters, 642, THE INDIAN TREATIES. Wherever any stipulations of an Indian treaty conflicts with a provision of au act of Congress the act is paramount Ww the treaty. Congress and the President are the repealing power as \o treaties, al- though the President and tue Senate are the nego- tating power. ‘These two powers are not neces- sarily, and are not in fact, idestical. The Queen of England makes laws for the colenies, which Varla- ment mey repeal. Congress may revoke all exist- ing treaties with a given nation by a declaration of war against it, ilu 1798 Congress abrogated all the treaties made by us with France. ‘The faitn of treaties, in its relution to the national conscience, fa one thing; the legal power to aunul is another thing. We repeal a treaty with a foreign Power at our peril. If Congress could not repeal, no treaty {though by our consttution operative as mu- Ricipal law) could be repeaied except by negotiating angther treaty with the same Power; beyond our control, and could not be repealed ex- oept with the consent of a foreign nation. This . Would be an intolerable iniringemenut of our inde- pendence ag A uation. This point was expreasly euled by Justice B, R. Curtis, in ‘Taylor vs. Martin, 2Curtis, O. C. B., 464, In that case the Russian Sreaty guaranteed that Russian hemp should ve ad- mitscd with a duty of twenty-five dellars per ten, ind the act of 1842 provided that it should pay forty dellars, and that distinguished judge held Shat the act was paramount to the treaty. See also . the same point, Story on the Constitution, secuon 1,838, 1 Kent 236; Sergeant, Constitutional Law, Ord eter vs, Reid, Morris (la.), 467; aud alse a recent nen of Justice Miller, in the Gray vs. Clinton e Company, delivered in the United States Cir- oult Court for the District of Iowa. It follows from. these authorities that an act of Congress is para- mount to the re stipulations of a treaty made even with the iirst Power of earth. 4 sortiert, no peg contained in any Indian Areaty can be set up against tue laws of Congress. RELATIONS OF INDIANS TO THE UNITED STATES. ‘These relations are pecuilar aud sui generts, The Indian tribes are subjects of tho United States. ‘The Indians have veen held to be wards of the gov- ernment aud under lis pupilage, In ne seuse are they foreign Staies or independent people. The In- dian nations in the Indjun territories sustain rela- tions to the governwent analogous to those of States or Territories, or more closely like those of Territo- ries @f the second grado under the Northwestern erdinatice. They are permitted to make and exe- cute their own local laws, but have simply the right of, ocipancy to tho soll they innabit. ‘This right is Lot assignavie, The United States own the fee and the emloeut domain and ultimate jurisdiction. Although the earlier decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States ie «in cases sing between the tribes and States of the Union went further towards hola- ig ie former possessed of some sovereign rights whioh they derived from their original condition antatior to the Union, yet such has net been the tendency of later adjustments, and especially of recent legisiatien. Theestatus of the Indians has been radically affected by the fourteenth amend- ment. By its terms ‘all persons born In the United States” and “sunect to tts jurisdiction” are made “citizens.” This certainly includes ail our Indians, and was adopted July 13, 1868, seven days before the passage of the lu7th section of the law of July 20, 1863, extending’ the Internal Kevenue laws tato the Indiav natiun. «Cherokee Nation vs, Georgia, 6 Peter, 1; Unitzd States vs. Rogers, 4 Howaru, 571; Wheaton ‘International Law, sec. 40, note; Dred. Scott vs, Sanford, 19 Howard, 395; United States va. Lore, 18 Howard, 100.) SECOND PROPOSITION. Congress has extended the Interual Revenue 1 feialing to the manufacture and salt tobacto spirits in the Judian nations. ‘Thg series of Inter ‘venue laws reach from July, 1862, © April, 1809. The frst act passed ap} in express terms to the States and Territories and District of Columbia. second section of said act, The word “State”? as detned to incinde ‘Territeries” in game act. But the 107th section of act of July, 1868, 1s decisive ol Us question, This apples to luws relating te tobacco, to those settee produced anywhere., There can be ne uncertainty as to the territorial range intended, The languagé is “anywhere withi the exterior bouwaries of the’ Dnited States,”? Obviously the Indian nagen is within the onter poundaries; for Arkansas mi Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, New Mesico and TéaA8 nre; and as thes enciuse the Datens, It must Wo Witbin le bound: NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1871.— aries, And tho voncluding language of the section | fs significant. It is, “Whether the same shall be within @ collection district or not.” Now, when | this act passed Soe rt of the area of the United States was argon into an Internal Revenue Col- Jection district, Bave only the Iudian nation. Wash- in, Porritery, even sterile Arizona, were organ- 4 districts. ‘Tne application is, therefore, as inted as if the language had been, whether the me shall be in “Indian Territory” or not. The section applies to the “territory” and to the articles produoed, and as soon as they are produced and | come into being, and all other laws relating to ‘tobacco and tobacconists apply there. This ts Brightley’s cons:ruction; see new 2d vol. Digest of the United States Index to Internal Revenue law, reference No. 95, This 1s the last and most deliberate construction of the Internal Revenue Bureau. See circular of Commissioner Delano, dated Jan, 25, 1870, It 1s aniecedently pronenie that Congress, which has justly laid every other por- tion of the country under tribute to raisé revenue to pay the great debt and meet the extraordinary ex- penses, should embrace the fertile Indian Territory. Even the vanquished Southern States are made to aur in paying debts contracted m conquering ‘m. EXTENT OF THE TREATY EXEMPTIONS, Assuming that Congress may extend these laws into the nation in face of the treaties, and that It has done so, it is interesting to note what stipu- lations of these wreaties are claimed to be invaded. ‘The most conspicuous one that contained in article 10, Cherokee Treaty of 1866: but this merely exempts from taxation the ‘sale’? of “manutactured products” of the nation. It does not cover the “manufacturing” itself, and does not ingle manufactured products, the growth of the tates, The Choctaw treaties expressly provide that the “laws of Congress shall be paramount in the nation.” =~ As to the construction of treaties, see Howard va, Ingersol, 19 Ala, 769; 14 Statutes at Large, 771, Art. 7; 11 Statutes at Large, 612, Art. 7; 7 Statutes at Large, 20, 25, 35, 40, 42, 62, 158, 934, 441, OBJECTION OF NO DISTRICT, It may be objected that in September, 1868, when this manufacturing recommenced, no district was erected in the nation, aud it was not possivle to comply with the laws in manufacturing there. conclusive answer to this is that manafactur- ing should not have been attempted there then, as it might reasonably have been assuined that it was net the tutention of the gov- ernment that it should be done there. But the taxes could have been paid there, stainps could have been purebased and put on and so the spirit und sub- stance of the law complied with, CASE OF THE WHITE MEN. By no straining of tne law can it be matntaired that it Waa designed to screen white men and not | Indians, making an asylum of this nation as an oasis in the desert of taxation, tinporting thelr tobacco, selling it in the States, all with the trans. parent purpose under the ostensible ownership of ‘an Indian of evading the spirit 01 the treaties, THE COURTS. UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COUAT. Judge Woodruff, having gone on circuit in the Northern district, it is likely that Judge Benedict may open the business of the court on Monday next. Bankroptcy Calendar for This Day—Iavolun- tary Cases. 2,011.—Theodore Hillyer vs, Wiliam M. Noe, 2,981.—Rovert Heguet vs, George Schenck. 2,984.—Wuliam Moultz Mabler vs, Samuel F, Storms, 2,990.— Warden A. Jackson et al. vs. Charles H, Printle, 2,992,—James Ollivell et al. vs. Stephen Crosinwell, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT—IN ADMIRALTY. Collision Case. Before Judge Blatchford, The United States Revenue Cutter Cuyahoga vs. The Ferryboat Hudson.—The libel in this case was tiled to recover $5,000 from the ferryboat Hudson for having ran into the cutter and damaged her to the extent claimed. It appeared that the Hudson, which is owned by the New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Company, was carrying the United States mails, and she claims that the cutter was an- chored directly in the regular course, and had peen warned 10 that eifect some ume previously. The culter answers that there was negligence on the part of the Hudson im not keeping a proper lookout, The testimony has concluded. Counsel on both sides submitted poimts to the Judge, who reserves his decision. SUPREME COURT—SPECIAL TERM. The Charge of Fraud Against a Lawyer. Before Judge Ingraham, Fuller vs. Stillwell.—About two hours were con- sumed to-day in summing up in this case. It will be remembered that the defendant is charged with obtaining from the plaintiff a written conveyance of real estate under the representation that the same wasa simple power of attorney. An addi- tional feature of interest in the case 1s a lady being mixed up in it, and certain alleged letters written by this lady to the defendant, which the latter, itis averred, was anxious to get in his possession. Mr, J. L, Hill, for the plaintif, made an elaborate apen- ing argument, claiming that the alleged frand haa been clearly and unmistakably proven. Mr. Bur- Til, for the defendant, insisted vhat he acted en- Urely in good faith, and that no deception was Jn- tended or attempted. Tne Court reserved its decision. SUPREME COUAT-—CHAMBERS. Decisions. By Judge Cardozo, Wrey vs, Hopp2r.—Case settled. Corning vs, Corning.—Motion granted, Dey et U, v3. Dey et d.—Same, Spieling etal. v8. Tyson.—-Same, SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TERM. Notice to the Bur. This court will be held untilfurther notice in the Generai Term reom. The cause of the change is the closing of the Special Term room vemporarily for frescoing and other alterations. On Monday the Trial Terms will begin in their respective chambers, the repairs in these rooms, which have been closed for turee weeks, being now completed. COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. Sentenced. Before Recorder Hackett. Patrick Burke, who was indicted for robbery in the first degree, pleaded guilty to an assault with intent to commit that offence, On the 13th of this month the prisoner assaulted Henry Bender in Greenwich street and took from him a silver watch. Wm. Aucker, against whom were two indict- ments, pleaded guilty to burglary in the third ae grea. Barke and Aucker were each sent to the State Prison for five years, BURGLARY, Elijah Howard was tried and convicted of bur- glary in the third degree. ‘he store of Henry D. Gauseberg, No. 886 Third avenue, was burgiariously entered on the 15th of February and a number of boxes of cigars stolen. The Recorder, in passing sentence, said that a year ago judgment was sus pended upon Howard, who pleaded guilty to an at- tempt at grand larceny, in consequence of his ‘outh, He having abused the clemency of the Jourt, Was sent to the State Prison for two years and six months upon the old charge, and at tlie ex- piration of his sentence to serve jour years and six Iuonths for the burglary of which he Was convicted. Richard Kiely, who was jointly indicted with Howard, pleaded guilty to an attempt at burglary, and was remanded for sentence, to be used against te receiver. Later in the day he was sentenced to the Penitentiary for one year. ANOTHER SENTENCE, Kiesor Rosenweig was fried and convicted of re- ceiving stolen goods, The principal witness for the Prosecution was @ boy uamed Frederick Cartland, who was arrested upon the charge of being con- cerned in @ burglary, but wus subsequently dis- charged. He said that on the morning ef the 16th of February he was standing at the corner of Twenty-ninth street and Tbird avenue, when the boys Howard and Kiely, whom he knew, asked him. to Sconmipany, them to Sixty-sixth street, stating that they had some cigars about a week witch they wanted to get rid of; they put the cigar boxes inte a bag and proceeded to the prisoner’s piace, No. 7 Roosevelt street, who asked Howard where he got the cigars. He said he had made a “haul,” and asked the prisoner how much he would give them for the cigars. The defendant called him into a room and whispered, and then he told Howard to go to @ lager beer saloon in Pear) street and he would meet lim there, The young thieves left the bag, containing twelve cigar boxes, and proceeded to the saloon, and after drinking a glass of lager each they were joined by Rosenweig, who called for three more. Alter drinking the beer the accused called Howard aside and gave him a roll of bills, ‘The witness also testified that Rosenweig said to Howard that if he gat any yellow ane (mean- e ing gold watches) or and satins h could bri to him, “I'll tell you how,?? said the Roosevelt street Fagin, “to fix them, so ag yon can fetch them down. You can dress yourself up as old, put a roll of silk ina bag, and cut a whole jot of holes in the bag, and put leces of rags through the holes and. rags on the op and come along to my place halloomg ‘Rags’ And I'l call you down and do the business with you.” Richard Kiely, one of we ncglare, corroborated this statement, stating that Howard got twenty dol- lars from the prisoner for seventeen boxes of cigars, Aman named Frapklin swore tothe good cha acter of Rosenweilg, wag then went upon the at: and itively lenied evar seeing the boys or of pur- cl iZ any cigars from them, stating that he was only a poor shoemaker, 4 OMmcer Lambrecht, who rrested the youthful Olive pad that "he Wert to No. 7 Roenevelt atreet, and nd nothing but an old uid shoemaker bengh, He did not recover anv of the clgurs, but } exclusively for private purposem upon searching the place he found a bag that the boys afterwards identified as being the one in which they carried the cigars. Colonel Fellows pressed for a conviction, awellin, 4n eloquent words upon the fact that receivers 0 stolen goods are 80 crafty that it is almost Impossi- ble to convict any of them, The jury, however, after some deliberation, re- turned a verdict of “Guilty,” coupling it with a re- commendation to merey. The Kecorder in passing sentence said:—I belleve I have presided in this court more than five years, and { suppose 1 have tried between two and three hundred cases of this character, and this is the firat convio- tion that I ever recollect of in this court for recely- Ing stolen goods. 1 entirely agree with the jury in the verdict that they have rendered, and do not see Now they could have arrived at any owner conclu- sion than that you were guilty in this case, It is a maxim used in criminal law, ‘that tho receiver is worse than the thief; for if it were not for such | men a8 you are thousands of larcenies would not | be committed in this city, It 1s the ease with which men lke yourself buy goods stolen by boys and others that encourages crimes of this character, The jury are mistaken In the sympathy which they | show to you im recommending you to the mercy of | the Court, becanse our own wife, if 1 am correctly , informed, admitted the fact that you bought the cigars from the boys and knew they were stolen; and | if their statement be true, you incited them to the commission of other larcenies, asking them to fur lish “supers” and silks. I shall disregard the recom. | mendation of the jury toa great extent for the rea- sons I have stated, and shall send you to the State Prison at hard labor for the term of four years, John Francis pleadan guilty to anattemptat grand | larceny, the indictment charging that on the 3d of | March he stole two pieces of grenadine, the property of William H. Cheeks. John Walsh, who on the 34 inst. burglartously entered the liquor store of Thomas | P, Doyle, No. 10 Clinton place, fand stole cigars and | other He perty valued at seventy-two dollars, Fran- cis and Walsh were each sent to the State Prison for two years and six months. Patrick Dockney pleaded guilty to larceny from the person, he having been jointly indicted With a | confederate for stealing a silver watch from Jere- | miah D. Moore, on the 2ist of February. He was Sent to the State Prison for three years and six | months, ALLEGED MURDER. Among the prisoners arraigned late in the after- noon, for various crimes, Was oficer Patrick Toomey, | pity indicted for clubbing Thomas Murphy to | death, Judge Garvin said the accused was entitled toa | peed rial, and he would set the case down for next Monday, BROOKLYN COURTS. UNITED STAT*S CIRCUIT COURT. The Defanct Farmers and Citizens’ National Bavk. Before Judge Benedict. The receiver of the defunct Farmers and Citi- zens’ National Bank, Mr, Platt, petitioned the court some time since for permission to compro- mise doubtful claims which had come into his pos- session. The claims in question were $11,200 of notes and arafts of H. W. & R. W. Redfield, the latter of whom offered to compromise for $1,000. The matter was referred to Commissioner Jones, Who yesterday reported in favor of granting the permission applied for, The report was confirmed, SUPREME COURT—CIRCUIT—PART I. The Action Against a Railrond Company. Before Judge Gilbert. Charles Eaton by His Guardian vs, The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Rattroaad Company.— The plaintiff brought suit to recover damages in the sum of $50,000 for injuries received by @ collision on the railroad, The case was reported in the HERALD of yesterday. laintifl’s statement was that he was Invited on a train by the conductor, and that when near Waterloo station the tratn collided with ano- ther one and he was severely Injred. It was claim- ed on the part of the defence that the plainuff got on the train without permission. The jury found for plaintiff and assessed the damages at $5,000, SUPREME COURT—CIRCUIT—PART 2. A Stolen Bond. Before Judge Tappen, Richard Raiph vs, E. G. Pearl.—This was an action for the recovery of $1,090, the value of a railroad bond stolen from plaintiff and found in the pos session of defendant, who claimed that he pur- chased it from a stranger in the ordinary course of business, The case has already been reported in these columns. The jury yesterday rendered a ver- dict In favor of defendant. CITY COURT—SPECIAL TERM. A Divorce Case. Before Judge Neilson, Frederick Waldmeyer vs. Ellen T, Walameyer.— ’The plaintiff sued for an absolute divorce on the ground of adultery, an@ the case was referred to David Barnett. Plaintiff resides at No. 329 Gold street and was married to defendant on the 14th of September, 1863, The testimony adduced before the referee was of such a character that he reported in favor of granting a diverce and the Court confirmed snip roport. COURT OF APPEALS. Arguments in the Case of the Prospect Park Commissioners vs. Armstrong Closed. ALBANY, March 17, 1871. ‘The arguments in the cause of the Prospect Park Commissioners vs, James Armstrong were clesed in the Court of Appeals to-day. Senator Murphy, J. M. Van Cott and J. N. Taylor appeared for the Com- missioners, and Samuel Hand and W. W. Goodrich for appellant. The suit is a test case, involving the title to about $4,000,000 or $5,000,000 worth of pro- perty, and the right of the Commissioners to sell any lan Mr. Hand opened the case for the appel- Jant, Mr. Van Gott followed fer the Commissioners and Mr. Goodrich closed the case for the appellant. ‘The arguments occupled two days. The decision is reserved. The following is the day calendar for March 20, 1871:—Nos, 140, 141, 146, 160, 168, 29, 106, 113, THE LONG ISLAND BAYS, The Planting of Oysters—What the Natives Propose to Do—The Connecticut Men to be Legisiated Against. For three years there has been. é continual strife between the Long Island and Connecticut oyster- men over the possession of oyster lands under the bay waters. The Connecticut men .always con- tended that the bays were public property, and therefore they had a lawful right to ply ‘their vocation at will. This the Long Island men consider as sheer nonsense, and quote in proof of their opinion the acta of State Legisla- tures for several years anterior to the uprising of this contention, Jamaica and Hempstead bays and the Great South bay, together with many inlets, are devoted exclusively to THE PRODUCTION OF OYSTERS AND CLAMS. Three-feurths of the nhabitants of Suffolk county follow the bay for a living, planting thelr own rf RIPLE THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. Who Was It That Suffered by the Alabama ? Are All the Sufferers Americans t—-What the | | quence of the destruction | the | Itis clear, then, first, that if English Commissionora May Propose and the Government Perform. Tho Pall Mall Gazelie of tha 2d inst. publishes the following communication from a correspondent on the Alabama claims, which we give for the informa- tion of our readers:— The Alabama question has hitherto been discussed spparenily without reference to some detaiia which must needs be considered before any allowance of the claims can be brought to a practical issue, and the consideration of which, if not taken in time, may | surround the settlement of the claims with consider- able dificulty, At present the claims seem to be re- | genet Sep as those of cit 8 of the United tates, made through ther gov nt, for Indem- nity for losses sustained by such ciilzens tn conse- the high seas of vessels bearing the Unit States flag. And the ground of claim 1s, broadly, that the British government, having permitted the Alabama to escape tr a British — port, is able for the consequen But the fact that property destroyed wi at the time of Its destruction. under the United States fag affords no frouna for the assumption that the property be- longed to American citizens. As to the ship herself, | auch ownershi may, indeed, be inferred, in a | mierely technical sense. But few ships belong toa | single owner, Most ships have several, and sone | have many owners, and it 18 not very unusual for the registered owner to be @ subject of one govern: | ment and one or more of the real owners to be sub- | jects of another, Let it, however, be assumed that in every case the | Vessel destroyed was the property of American citi- | zens <—_. It is Known that in many in- stances the whole or part of the cargo de- stroyed was the property of others, and then, most commonjy, was the property of British subjects, Justice is to be done, the supposed indemnity cannot be limited to the formal owners, «8 distinguished from the real own- ers, nor even limited to the latter, as distinguished from morigagees who may have been injured by tha | ACLS in question; and second, that if the ground of | claim be good as regards American citizeas it can | scarcely be repudiated as regards others whose | property was destroyed under the flag of the United States. Yet to admit the claims thus broadly would materially increase the amount to be paid, and would, no doubt, give @ very large proportion of the resulting beneiit to Brittsh subjects, Further, it will | have to be considered whether these ciaims are to | be affected in any way by the fact of the property | at risk having been in a great majority of casea covered by insurauce, and by the owners having, | consequently, in such cases already long since re- covered its value from the underwriters, , To take the case, firsi, of American citizens, claimants as to property insured by thei with American underwriters, Here we have a mere «is- | tribution of the loss, but tt still fell upen American | citizens, Theu assume, as may well have been the fact, that property strictly in this class was yet par- | Ually insured by Britisa subjects, they beins share- holders in American insurance companies. Still the | compensation could hardly be deeded less due on | this account. And the case of American property | wholly imsured by British underwriters does not appear to be readily distinguishable from the pre- ceding cases, On the other hand, there are the parallel cases of British property insured wholly in America, or partly there and partly in Great Britain, or wholly in Great Britain, None of these, if con- sidered with reference to the ground of claim, seem to pe digentitied to the supposed indemnity, unless the fact of insurance is 1 itself to be deemed to bar the claim. It is conceived, therefore, that in the event of these claims being admitted on any such ground as | has yet been suggested, provision should be made for including claims other than those of American citizens, and also for securing the payment of the indemnity to the parties really entitled to it, as hav- ing sustained the losses in question. But a farther question may not unfairly be raised. Assume that a given proportion of the property de- stroyed was covered by insurance in the United States, another proportion by insurance in France | and a third proportion in England, and that the un- derwriters in all these countries are to be put on the same footing. is it quite clear that any one of them has a just claim? Each took the risk fora premium adequate in his own opinion to the chance of loss. All premiums so received have been re- tained. It is generally believed tnat the sum of premims has exceeded the sum of losses, This, however, is;not material. [It is matter of adven- ture and of each underwriters private cencern, And, as an underwriter, he can no more claim to be repaid his losses and yet to retain his premiums than any other dealer can claim 4 return of goods he has sold and also retain their price. Further, let it be assumed that another part of the property destroyed was not insured. Tnen the owner paid no premium of insurance, and, while his neighbors did go pay, and went into the market with thelr goods at a corresponding disadvantage, he escaped it and profited accordingly. In short, he was his ewn insurer, and cannot in tnat capacit, claim to be repaid. ’ True, tt may be alieged that HET. tion nas, however, been very diferent, The Amert- | lost an upright and conscientions citizen, who = cans, without thanking us for our laws, have com- Plained of our pouce, and are trying to make us re- sponsible for every lose to themselves oveasioned by imperfections of application which in other laws are of everyday occurrence, The new doctrine may be submitted to between nation and nation as on the | whole advantageous to the world, but it is 80 novel | and doubtful that at the very least itsnould be strictly construed, Ibis avery Rwong thing to say ‘that British subjects who, through their government have constructively committed tie alleged wrong, | should be allowed to claim compensation for its consequcndes. ‘ But the great diMculty in settling the Alabama claims arises from the practice of Insurance, under which all such losses as the Alabaina caused are perehenty made good beforehand. hen the Con- ederate cruisers began their depredations th were, of course, a certain mber of shipowners, shippers and underwriters who lad made their ar- | Yapgements in ignorance of the danger, and these appear to be the only persons whose right to com- pensation, supposing any right to exist, can be amrmed with some coniidence, but as soon as the Confederate ships were Known to be preying upon commerce premiums on mariue insurauce at once rose to the level of the risk; the merchant | and = shipowner who insured became abso- | lutely safe, and the underwriter got exuctiy what he bargained for whetier the ships were captured or not. He had takea the risk, amd was prepare’ to set olf his gatas by the | additions to the premiums against his losses by capture. It is acurious proof vf the couple the questions involved that much of the writing of tae ships captured was probably ettec in England, so that there again we hav anomaly of British subjects claiming compensation fora wrong which, ifcomuitted, Was not muaiclpal, but international, What, however, would be the position of tie mere Wio shipped & cargo ab New York without insuring? We think our corres spondent is right in arguing that the casé ts Impoa sible, and that when a system of murine insurance once prevails, everybody in eifect insures, The shipper who does not get somebody else to insure | Kim, insures himsel!, He obtains all the advantage o} the inecrea: ute Of freight, and in considera. tion tor it takes the risk of capture. Inasmuch, however, as it is impossible that valuable ships should be destroyed with thelr cargoes and yet no- nobody should suifer loss, what 13 the class that was reaily the victiin of the Confederate depredations ? Doubtless it was the American producer in the first place, aud secondarily, everybody tnroughout the world wao wished to purchase from hin, Freights rose; it therefore became more dificult or more costly to export produce, Produce fell in value throughout the Northern States, and the foreign customers of America had etther to do without it or to pay more for it, and consequently to use less of ft, A¥ our correspondent 5 the true effect of the depredations of these cruisers was shghtly to add to the general resuits of the Coniederate wai 1ti8 all but imposssibie to say who were the ind ' viduais that suilerea by these results, and, could they be identified, they would probably belong to every nation under the sun. The writer of the letter suggests that the under- writer might possibly claim anything wauich the British governinent would be willing to pay as being in the nature of salvage, But unis is to call ina mere fiction, based upon a very doubtful and remote analogy. Nobody can suppose that the underwriter took into account the probability of future compen- sation by the British government. On the other hand, he has not referred to what seems to us the greatest dificully in the attempt to estimate com- pensation. No impartial person, be he American or hot, can read the valuable work on British neu- trality during the war, published by Mr. Montague Bernard, now one of the commissioners without perceiving that even alter the general admusston of liability has been made by the British government, it attaches in @ very different degree in respect of the various Confederate cruisers. For the acts of some oi these the British government cannot by any straining of public law be made answerabie; for those of others it is nO more respon- sible than are several other States. But supposing the payers of increased msurance to be the persons Who suilered, how in the worid is the augmentation of risk ana consequentiy of premium to be distri- buted, some of it having been causea by ships for which we are and some by ships for which we are not assumed to be responsible? The only meagur- ale loss Was the addiuon to the insurance against risk; but the risk was increased not by any one Con- federate vessel, but by atl of them together. It is extremely possivie that, rather than face these embarrassing a the Commissioners may propose und the british government may agree to pay a lump sui, Which may be regaraed as the price of @ new international rule which in the long Tun may prove extremely advantageous to our- selves. But the Americau government will have to distribute the money somehow, ana the persons who get it will have done a@ pretty smart stroke o1 busl- ness; Since far the greatest number of them will be paid twice over for whatever loss they may pretend to have susiaimed. Meanwhile it is sausfactory to have another striking proof that, under the complex system of relations wich pinds the modern world together, no injury to a belligerent can be confined to him, but will more or less affect all the families of mankind. SMALLPOX IN BROOKLYN, There were no new cases of the loathsome and much dreaded smallpox reported at the Brooklyn Health Bureau yesterday, and Dr. Cochran is of the opinion that with proper precaution there 1s really no cause for alarm as to its becoming ep'demic, The statement made to the effect that parties em- ployed to convey patients to the smallpox hospital at Flatbush have been “letting ou’ coaches used in the underwriter and also the man uninsured are en. uued to regard the proposed repayment as ‘‘salvage o) on the — that the return of the amount lost, it having been wrongfully lost, and due by the British overnment, was fairly @ part of the original calcu- on basing the premium, And if this view of the oysters and conveying them to New York by aloop and railroad. In the avinter season they reure to Virginia, where they carry on the oyster busi- ness ag extensively as at home. In Patchogue and other towns dealers employ hundreds of girls for opening and canning oysters, which are supplied io the juice to the saloons of this city and Brooklyn. The baymen have A Ae routes, which they traverse regularly, and supply the DELICIOUS BIVALVES to their customers, When they have planted their oysters they pay little attention to them until it is time to gather them, and then they find that the beds have been robbed of tully half the yield. To such an extent has this system of midnight theft peen carried on that oystermen have been compelled to stand guard night after night. It is supposed that the man who was found at Rockaway some tme since, with a gunshot wound in his breast, became a victim to one of these midnight sentinels while attempting to poach, ‘The people are deteruined to tolerate this no longer They say that laws exist for the protection of every- thing save their callmg, and they are determined to be covered by the statute also, The people of Oyster bay think they can best protect their in- terests by LEASING THE LANDS, which will give the town a revenue of $50,060 annu- ally, Prominent New York dealers have bid tor the lands, Some of the people object to this, as it will reflect seriously upon the welfare of the poorer classes, Concerning Jamaica bay, which is now partly controlied by non-residents, a bill has been prepared making tt aolama) for any person ower than an inhabitant to hold any LANDS UNDER THE WATERS, and such inhabitant must be @ constant resident of the town for one year, Tne land to be taken 1s to be the exclusive preperty of such inhabitant’ but must not exceed three acres. Any per- son holding such beds who from the town will forfeit claim within one year thereafter, Dredging is made a misdemeanor punishabie by both fine and imprison- ment. Any non-residents now holding oyster beds will be allowed to keep possession until zenuary 1872, when their claims will have ceased. Ths will Cause a general clearing out of the bay, as numbers of New York dealers now hold from ten to twenty acreseach. They obtained the lands through the Application of somo resident for & compensation, as own by the papers on file in the Jamaica Town Clerk's omtice. e law has the approval of dealers and citizens, and will, no doubt, bring about a deal Of contention in the halls of the capital. The Fane of such a law Will seriously affect the New York markets, a it will place the oyster beds in the hands of private citizens, who will use them case be admitted the underwriter has at least a locus standi, But.how many who have suffered can make a claim equally distinct, and are the rest to be excluded, or is the net result of the pecuniary ar- Tangement to be. @ handsome bonus to underwriters to the exclusion of other classes of sufferers? Then, it may be asked, who did suffer and who ought now to receive compensation? The answer to the first part of the questien is obvious enough, All persons suffered in the first instance whose property was submitted to the risk of de- struction; and, in so far as they availed themselves of the practice of insurance, they sufered about equally, and the premiums paid measured their loss. In other words, the pro- perty of United States citizens, aud of others con- nected with them in business, was, during the period in which such risk of destruction endured, depreciated in valueg For instance, ships under that flag less readily gtained cargoes, and obtained them at lower rates of freight, or were sold, to pass under other flags, at a reduced price. 1t 18 aiso to be remembered, however, that so large was the quantity of shipping as well as cargoes sibmitted to the risk that the mecidence of the new charge of insur- ance was in effect to some extent saddled on other than American property, aud aeutral cargoes, having been thus conveyed at a greater cost to market, were to that extent sold at a higher price. In other words, the transmission of produce from the United States to England and to other countries being sub- mitted to a new charge, this charge was, at least parilaily, in some instances defrayed by the con- sumer, and 80 spread over @ vast number of ns. perso1 It were endless to try to trace the effect of the known presence of the Alabama on the high seas to all who suffered by it; but it is apparent that the re- this dangerous business to the public has proved upon investigation to be without foundation in point of fact, and to have emanated through the malice of @ discharged employé. The Health Officer examined several witnesses upon the subject, and found that the vehicle set apart for the transportatioa of sick to the hospital was kept quarantined with the regular ambulance wagon, and that each time that it has been called into requisition it has been disinfected and put away as stated. There is a war- lant out, however, for the arrest of a German in the Eastern District, who employed a hackman in Wil- Mam-burg to convey his wife and sister to Flatbush, while they were suffering with the disfiguring malady, The coachman in question pleaded igno- Tance of the nature of his patron’s complaint, and drove them off to the hospital, and subsequently relet his hack whenever an engagement offere d. Sp A ES ED MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, Married. STUART—REEVE.—At Greenport, L. I., on Wed- nesday, March 15, by the Rev, Thomas Stevenson, GORGE STUART, of this city, (0 SARAH A. REEVES, of Greenport, ‘No cards. YOUNG —-STEVENS.—On Thursday, March 16, at Newtown, L. L., by the Key. C. P. Sheppard, DAVID é: morn ADDIE A, STEVENS, all of Newtown, L, . No cards, Died. AMES.—On Friday morning, March 17, WILLTAM G., youngest son of Mary Eliza and the late Rovert N. Ames, aged 33 years. BaTEMAN.—In Brooklyn, on Thursday,’March 16, after a long and painful pra of consumption, ISABELLA J., the neloved wife of James Bateman, & sulluing loss was, in most cases, 80 distributed through the various channels of trade, that first it cannot be said to have fallen exclusively on the sub- jects of any one Pewer, and second that any attempt to assess the individual losses exactly must be hopeicss. The only conclusion a practical man ean arrive at ig that as against the Northern States the naval e% fect of the war was by the escape of the Alabama to some extent aggravaied, but that the pecuniary effect cannot now be traced to individuals, and if it were 80 traced would be found to have been by no means exclusively American. Yours, &c., D. The Pall MaU Gazette editorially comments on the communication as follows:— The remarkable letter on the Alabama claims which we publish to-day will come as a surprise on those who are not prepared for the extreme com- plexity of all modern International questions, and for the extreme difficulty of disposing of them when they are not abraptly cut by the brute violence of war. It is likely that most people have assumed that there was an end of these claims as soon as the government of Great Britain had offered to pay them and the goverument of the United States ha made up its mind to take the money. Yet the true perplexies only begin at tis point, It is extremely ard £0 find out who it was that suffered by the Alabama, and when a Fess has been made at the victims of the depredations they turn out to be for vhe most part persons whom nobody wishes to com- penmars and who have never asked fer compensa- tion. The writer of the letter states a fact, not of course unfamiliar to many persons, when he tells us that ships belong to a great number of owners. The pro- rty in @ ship 1s divided into rather minute shares. ‘ne class which invests in this description of pro- perty 1s not a very large one asa whole, but is decidedly cosmopolitan; and the chances are that not a few. part-owners of the vessels captured by the Confederate cruisers were Englishmen, aud some of them Germans and Frenchmen. This is even more likely to have been the case with regard to the car- goes, for every conceivable variety of interest, direct and indirect, absolute and quelified, is found to exist in goods which have once been snipped; and it is really just as likely that the cargoes con- fiscated or barned were owned wholly or partly at iverpoo! Pio Havre or Hamburg, New York ér Boston. Our correspond- ent seems to think that if this were the only difficulty even British owners of ships and cargoes taken by the Confederate cruiser should re- ceive compensation, We cannot agree with him. It 1s only by very remote construction that the British taxpayer has become involved in any lia- bility whatever for these losses. The only obliga. tion imposed by the law of nations was a duty of submission. Neutrals were fully entitled to go on manufacturing or e: ing in war whatever th might lawfully manufacture or export during peacé, but they were bound te submit without complaint if such of their manufactures as might be directly employed in military operations were taken and confiscated by one of the belligerents. One er two countri including our own, aided this rule by forbidding their subjects to juip_ _‘ves- sels of war for a belligerent, and the preper view to take of the so-called ‘Foreign Enlistment acts was that, so far as they were successful, they. Were measures of i. ae as they were unsuccessful they left things exactly as yhey were, Tae agtual effect of this peculiar legisla- fully invited to attend the funeral, trom her late Tesidence, No, 64 Vanderbilt avenue, Brooklyn, on native ot sonny, Tyrone, Ireland, in the 25th year of _her » . P. em The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectfully requested to attend the funeral, from her late residence, No. 234 (new number) Bridge street, Brooklyn, on Sanday afternoon, at two o'clock. Illinois ana county Tyrone (Ireland) papers please copy. ERGEN.—At Hempstead, — Lon; Island, on Wednesday, March 15, MARIA F., widow of John T. je oa (formerly of Brookiyn) in the 76th year of er age. Funeral from St, George’s Episcopal church, Hempstead, this (Saturday) moruing, at nine o'clock. ‘The remains will be taken to Greenwood for iater- ment. The friepds of the family are invited to attend the funeral without further notice. Friends and relatives residing in Brooklyn and vicinity are Tequesied to meet the remains at the main entrance of Greenwood, at one o’clock P. M. BiRMINGHAM.—At Jacksonville, Fla. on Friday, March 10, J. EXSKINE BIRMINGHAM, of Bergen, N. J., ed 81 years and 11 months, ‘he funeral will take place from the residence of his parents, 271 South Third street, Philadelphia, this (Saturday) afternoon, at two o'clock. BRASLING.—In Brooklyn, on Thursday, March 16, CATHARINE, wife of Samuel Brasling, a native of Baliyshicids, Kings county, Ireland, at ‘her residence, 336 Eighteenth street, aged 48 years. Notice of funeral in Sunday’s Herald, Hartiord papers please copy. Buck.—Al Detroit, on Wednesday, March 15, HOWARD BUCK, brother of Jerome Buck, of this ULGER.—On Friday, March 17, the youngest son of John J. and Catharine M. Bulger, aged 1 year, 6 months and 6 days. ‘The relatives and friends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, (rom his late residence, 131 High street, Brooklyn, on Sunday afternoon, at two o'clock. His remains will be in- terred at Calvary. BUNNESTER—The members of Pilgrim Lodge No. 74, 1. 0. O. F., are requested to meet at the lodge room on funday, March 1%, at twelve o’clock noon, to attend the funeral of our iate brother, P. G. N, H. Bunnester. P. MILLER, N. G. R. E. Brown, Secretary, CARROLL.—On Friday, March 17, MARGARET ANN, wile of Francis Carroll, eldest daughter of Edward Poole, late of brooklyn. aged 27 years and 1 month, ‘The relatives and friends of the family are respect- Sunday alternoon, at two o'clock. CARROLL.—On Wednesday morning, March 15, PATRICK CARROLL, In the 47th So of bis age, a na- tive of Dromin, county Limer'c’ ‘The relatives and iriends of the family, also those of his brothers and brothers-in-law, are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, No, 331 Bast Filty-nrst street, this (Saturday) morn. ing, at teu o'clock, The remains will be taken to St. Boniface’s church, Forty-seventh street acd Sec- ond avenue, where a solemn mass of requiem will be spree gr the repsge of his soy), and irom thence wo vary Cemetery for interment. Limerick (ireiang) papers please cory At a special meeting of the Andrew Jackson Club held on Friday evening, March 17, 1871, the fullow- ing preamble and resolutions were adopted:— reas it has pleased Divine Providence to take from our midst our Jate fellow member, Mr, Patrick Carroll, therefore be it Resolved, That by his domise this commuulty bas | fally invited to attend the funeral, {rom Sr. 6 —— distinguished for his 0 acter Sud devotion to his friends, Resolved, That this o sincerely sympath: with the family and relatives ot the deceased Paineis severe bereavement. H Resolved, ‘That the members of the club attend the funeral of our Ceseuer broiner, 3 ER BUOK, President, Micmagr, T. DALY, A relar CLARK.—On Friday, valene, amlubility of chara ‘ye Mirch 17, Margaret Me- InTOSu, nalive of Edinburgh, Seotiaad, wife of Robert Clark, brass fluisher, The funeral will take place from her late rest. dence, 293 Stanton strect, on Sunday aiternvon, at half-past one o'clock. CODLING,—At Hoboken, on Thursday, March 16, EDWARD CopLinG, in the 56th year of lis age Relatives and friends of the family are Episcopal church, on Hudson street, on Sunday afternoon, at two o'clock, i CkOWELL.—On Wednesday, March 15, H. © ME} wite of B, Crowell and daughter of Elina Day, of Newark, . t ‘The funeral W! fake leon this (Satarday) after- noon, at two o'clock, from the residence of her father, 1,001 broad street, Newark, N. J. at Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Durr On Wednesday, March 15, Mra, CATHA- NE Y, in the 70th year of her a, The funeral will take place from Interment late rest-/ dence, No, 81 Washington street, this (Saturday) Morning, at half-past eight o'clock, to St. Peter’a church, Barclay street, where there will be a re« quiem mass for the repose of her soul, Fa mn Thursday, March 16, JOHN FALKE, Aged 80 yea ra, The funeral will take place from the residence of his son, George Faike, 522 Greenwich street, on Sun- day alternoon, at half-past one o'clock, The friends and relatives are invited to attend, 7] FARR ELIg-O0 Friday afiernoon, March 17, ALEX: ANDER D, FARRELL, in the 50th year of his age. The rélauves and trends of we family are re- spectfully Invited to attend the funeral, ‘from tha Allen street Presbytertan church, near nd street,) on Sunday afternoon, at haif-past one o'clock, Wille out further invitation, Albany and Bosion papers please copy. i} Fercu son.—On Thursday aiternoon, Mareh 16, at a quarter past five o'clock, WILLIAM P, FERGUSUN, only son of Henry ©. and Louisa A. Ferguson, alter a shiort illness, aged 8 years, 8 months and 14 days, The relatives and friends of the family are red -spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from ihe residence of his grandmother, No. 199 Greene av nue, Brooklyn, on Sanday afternoon, at two o’clock.) Fisuer.—On board United States steamship Ten off St, Domingo city, on Monday, February » OMAS FIsiter, late of this city, aged 28 years, Gorvon.—On Thursday, March 16, at Bellevilley JAMIN GORDON, aged 55 years. d nessee, 0, Ti de, B The relatives and friends are invited to attend thi funeral, from his late resiaence, this (Saturday afternoon, at three o'clock. Gorey.—On Friday, March 17, after a short but, severe illness, MARIA GorgY, the beloved wife of Francis Gorey, & native of county Meath, near Kellay Ireland, in the 39th year of her age. a od The relatives and friends are respectfully invite to attend the funeral, from her late residence, No. 442 West Race Biron street, on Sunday afternoon, March 19, at oné o'clock. ‘ Haiaut.—At Mount Vernon, Westchester county, on Wednesday, March 15, Aakon R. Haigut, aged 61 years, ‘the Juneral will take place from his late residence, in Mount Vernon, on Sunday afternoon, at two o’clock, A train will leave Forty-second street, on the Harlem Ralload, at nine A. M., and carriages will be in waiting at West Mount Vernon on the ar- rival of the train. Friends and relatives, and Hia- watha Lodge, No. 434, F. and A. M., and ali mem- bers of the order are invited to atten ) HOLMEs.—On Tuesday evening, March 14, at tha residence of her parents, Forked River, N. d., ANGE- LINE, daughter of Joseph Holmes, Sr. Funeral on Sunday morning, from the house at te! o’clock and church at eleveh o’ciock. Relatives ant friends are invited to attend without further notice. Hoy.—un Friday, March 17, at his residence, James Hoy, in the 61st year of his age. Jones.—At Tarrytewn, on Thursday, March 15, af- ter a short iliness, of consumption, LEANDER JONES, son of Daniel Jones. Friends are invited to attend the funeral, thid (Saturday) afternoon, at two o'clock, ) JONES.—In Philadelphia, Pa., on Thursday, March 16, Henry Jonas, formerly of this city. li The relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, 618 North Seventh street, Philadelphia, on Taesday, at twelve o'clock. ) Joyce.—On Friday, March 17, Joun Joycg, a native of Cong, county Mayo, Ireland, aged 51 years. ) ‘The relatives and friends of the family are respect- fully invitea to attend the funeral, from the resi« dence of his son, James C, Joyce, No. 103 Stanton, corner of Ludlow street, on Sunday afternoon, at one o'clock. ) Kir.—JOHN GEORGE Kip, in the 39th year of his, age. Telatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from lls late residence, No. 1,415 Third avenue, on Sunday afternoon, at twa o'clock. KocHENRATH.—On Thursday, March 16, SARAH ANN KocnENRATA, tn the 37th year of her age. i ‘The relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of her father, John Young, 296 Madison street, on Sunday afternoon, at two o'clock. ) LANE.—On Friday, March 17, WASHINGTON GIRARD Lang, son of George and Amelia R. Lane, aged § years and 9 days. The relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, from 150 (new number) South Portland avenue, Brooklyn, on Monday afternoen, at two o'clock, } MIDDLEKAMP.—At Bliseville, Long Island City, HERMAN MIDDLEKAMP, In the 47th year of his age. ‘The relatives and friends are respectfully invited to atend: the funeral, this (Saturday) aiternoon, at oné "clock. San Francisco papers please copy. MILLINGTON.—At Bergen, N. J., on Thursday, March 16, of consumption, EMMA MILLINGTON, age: 21 years, 5 months and 19 days. i he relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral, on Sunday afternoon, at half-past one o’clock, from the First Presbyterian church, Emery street, Bergen, without farther notice, MounT.—On Thursday night, March 16, at eleven o'clock, WALTER Mount, youngest son of Willian H. Mount, aged 3 years, 4 months and 8 days. ‘ ‘The funeral will take place from the residence of hii father, No. 1,017 Third avenue, this (Saturday) after- noon, at one o'clock. MULLANY.—On Thursday evening, March 16, Many MULLANY, youngest child of Patrick and Mary Mul- lany, aged 1 year and 10 months. The friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, from 211 West Fifty-third street, this (Saturday) afternoon, at one o'clock. MULLANY.—In (Brooklyn, on Thursday, March 16, MATHEW C. MULLANY, son of Patrick and the late Susan Mullany, in the 30th year of his age. The relatives and frierds of the family are re- quested to attend the funeral, from Patrick Hanly’t corner of Smith street and Hamuiten avenue, south Brooklyn, this (Saturday) afternoon, at two o'clock, to the Cemetery of the Holy Cross, Flatbush, Momanon.—On Monday, March 13, MICHAEL Mc- Manon, in the 30th year of his age. NeUSTADTER.—On Thursday morning, March 16, at his late residence, New Brighton, Staten Island, a‘tera long and severe tliness, LoUIs W. NEusTaD- TER, in the 46th year of his age , Relatives and friends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, from tne resi- dence of his mother-in-law, Mrs. S. D. Walter, No. 132 West Forty-second street, on Sunday morning, at ten o'clock, San Francisco papers please copy. O'ConNELL.—On Wednesday afternoon, March 15, JOHN O'CONNELL, aged 87 years. The relatives and friends of the family are re. Spectfullv invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, No. 141 Cedar street, this (Saturday) afternoon, at one o’clock gerne i OsTRaNDER.—On Friday morni ee March 17, of pneumonia, JULIA ANNA, Wife Of William H. Ostran- der, aged 49 years, 5 months and 6 days.) Funeral services at her late residence, 145th Street, corner Boston Road, North New York, on Sunday morning, at half-past nine o'clock, the Moravian church, at New Derp, Staten’ Island, in the aftern ron, at two o'clock, where the remaing yal, be interred. eas, leave Vanderbie Landing for New Dorp, via boat from foot o} itehall street atuine ah . tsa ae is me J th ‘ ‘ECK.—At Bloomifleld, N. J., on Thursday, March 16, Linty B., daugnier of Gilbert H. and lara 8. Peck, aged 56 months. Pisson.—At his residence, No. 10 West Six- teenth street, in this city, on Friday morning, March 17, JoSEPH POOLE Pirsson, aged 63 years, His relatives and friends, and whe friends of his brothers, John W. and Talbot Pirsson, and brothers in-law, Robert S. wad Francis T. Lugqueer, are in- Vited to attend the funeral, from ‘Trinity chapel, Twenty-fifth street, near Broadway, on Montiay morning, at ten o'clock. The interment will beim Trinity Cemetery, Piaor.—In Brooklyn, on Thursday, March 16, WiL- L1aM A, PiGOT, in the 68th year of his age. The relatives and friends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, from his late resl- dence, 183 Willoughby street, on Sunday afternoon, at two o'clock. PLUNKETT.—On Friday, March 1%, suddenly ALFRED PLUNKETT, late Merchant of wis city, aged 63 years, Totes of foneral hoveaties. OBERTS,—On rsd even! Mai HoRACe Koserts, in the ‘ist year ran iy The relatives and f{rtcnds of the family are Invited to attend the faneral, from his late residsnce No. $22 West Fitty-first street, on Sunday afternoon, at three o'clock, StiGER.—At Mendham, N.J., on Friday, March 17, MapGe, youngest daughter of Dr. Jonn 8. Suger. ‘uneral services at the house on Monday morn- ing, at eleven o'clock. YAiL.—-At New Market, N. J., on Thuraday even- ing, March 16, Exizauera G., daughter of William and Kliza Vail, The relatives and friends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, from the rest- dence of her father, at halt-past twelve o’ciock, and atthe Baptist church at one 0’... on Moni afternoon, Carriages will be in attendance at the Dunellen station to meet the 103 A. M. train from New York. Wertcu.—On Friday, March 17, of scarlet fever, Yas Topp, son of William 4. and Eleanor Will’ be buried from the residence of his parents, 182 Willoughby street, Brooklyn, on Sunday alter noon, at two 0 ve Ler p and friends of the requested to attend. ta aren tOn Wednesday, March 15, after a lin- ing iliness, GEORGE WHEELER, aged 70 years and 4 days. ‘be relatives and friends of the family are respect« raly invited to attend the funeral, from} his late rest deuce, No. 13 Bleecker street, on Sunday afternoon, ‘at bali-past one o’clock.